From the forums: GENERAL Loyalty Merchants now have new armor, weapons, house items and a pack of random Harvestables for sale. Resolved an issue where particle effects would play twice on Aerakyn. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Tranquil / Phantom Seas Players who kill a named NPC in either Tranquil Sea or Phantom Sea will no longer be able to see or kill the same named for 2 hours. Precipice of Power [Raid] Dread Armoloch of Blight and Dread Armoloch of Corruption should now allow reactives and wards to counter their damage over time spells. Dread Armoloch of Blight and...
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From Bunji on the official forums WEEKLY FEATURE Lore and Legend: Awakened Aerakyn is now available. HOUSE ACTORS House Actors will now save changes made to their greeting distances between loading and reloading a house. ITEMS Colcatoth, Spine of the Leviathan can now be used by all priests PVP and BATTLEGROUNDS Ethereal and Artifact weapons may be obtained via victory daily missions in Battlegrounds. Ethereal and Artifact weapons now grant PvP statistics.
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June 23, 2014 10:26 pm
Bunji on the Official Forums posted this week’s patch notes: WEEKLY FEATURE The Fabled Deathtoll A level 95 update of the original Deathtoll raid zone. Unliving horrors await all who enter, and only the most powerful adventurers will survive to face Tarinax the Destroyer himself! HOUSE ACTORS House actors now use double quotes instead of single quotes for their greeting messages. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Tears of Veeshan: Shattered Dreams Spirits will appear for those that require them from slain goblins in High Keep and High Keep: The Pickclaw Depths (both heroic and advanced solo), regardless of the group...
From Bunji on the official forums: WEEKLY FEATURE HOUSE ACTORS House actors are mannequins that can be customized to have a player race appearance. Once the appearance has been selected, the actor can be set to play an action in your home or guildhall! House Actors are created via a carpenter recipe that can be purchased from the loyalty merchant. This recipe requires a unique component that may be obtained from top tier harvest nodes. Editor’s Note: Check out Niami Denmother’s excellent write up on House Actors. GENERAL Fixed a bug where getting 100% rent reduction on your house...
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June 14, 2014 10:15 am
Luperza announced yesterday they were pushing back the original date of the next EQ2 Insider from June 18th to July 9th. The thread is still open to ask your questions – but she requests that you keep them short and to the point. This month on EverQuest II Insider Q&A: Cast: Margaret Krohn, Kyle Vallee, Michael Ganz, and Nathan McCall! Q&A: We’re going to be answering your questions LIVE! Ask about anything! if you can’t make it, feel free to leave us a question right here in this thread or on Twitter, Facebook, and or Google Plus by Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 at 10:00 PM PDT. Where: http://www.twitch.tv/ everquest2...
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June 9, 2014 7:37 pm
From Bunji on the Official Forums: WEEKLY FEATURE The New Tunaria Warzone is now available on the Battlegrounds Server via a portal in Champion’s Respite. GENERAL The Loyalty Merchant and Loyalty Marketplace will now correctly sell adornments that are below maximum level. A small bag of platinum coins will now sell for the correct amount of platinum if purchased off of the loyalty section of the marketplace. Level up, Gear up…discord style! For the duration of the “Gear Up! Level Up!” promotion, Havoc Marks and Marks of Devastation will be awarded at twice the rate. POPULATION / ZONE...
From Bunji on the official forums WEEKLY FEATURE A new currency exchange merchant, Barnaby Blunderbuss, has been added to the docks ofButcherblockMountainswhere you can exchange most currencies for transmuting and tinkering training components. Some of the eligible currencies include Maj’Dul insignia tokens, Void Shards, D.I.R.T.Y. Money and many more! GENERAL All AA EXP event messages now include the amount of EXP granted. Resolved an issue where the amount of EXP displayed when converting adventure EXP to AA EXP did not reflect any server or personal bonus multipliers. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Templeof Veeshan: Dreadscale’s Maw The spell “Melting...
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May 17, 2014 5:28 pm
From Luperza on the Official Forums – a new contest sponsored by EverQuest 2. As of the date of this post – there are only two entries. It does appear you must have a Facebook account to enter. Salutations Norrathians! If you didn’t catch our first episode of EverQuest II Insider, you may have missed one of our announcements about future contests! Starting in May, we are doing a monthly contest. These may vary in theme, requirements, and rewards, so if you have any good ideas for future contest ideas, send them our way! May’s contest is all about housing décor...
Holly “Windstalker” Longdale has posted a new Producer’s Letter which can be found on the EQ2 Forums Highlights include: New Matchmaking Code for Battlegrounds New PVP Warzone Converting old currencies House NPCs New Loyalty items New Deathtoll Fabled Dungeon Status Merchant Revamp June Promo – Gear Up, Level Up Here’s the letter… Dearest Norrathians, We’re working to bring you a lot more information about what we’re doing, why, and when. To that end, here’s a quick overview on what we’ve done recently and what’s coming soon! As a quick recap of our larger content releases in April and May...
From Bunji POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Temple of Veeshan: Dreadscale’s Maw The spell “Pressing Luck” should no longer grow based on the number of players it hits. Instead it should grow based on the number of times it hits each player respectively.
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May 13, 2014 8:49 am
Servers will be coming down for an update – from the forums: The US EverQuest 2 Servers will come down on May 13th, 2014 at 7:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time for an update. The expected downtime is approximately one hour. EU servers will come down beginning at 9:00 PM PT (6:00 AM CET May 14th, 2014) for the same update. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately 2 hours. Patch notes after the jump.
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May 9, 2014 10:04 pm
Get Your Game on at SOE Live 2014! Just posted over at the official forums a few details on Live Quests and Tournaments for all the games. Big Highlight — International attendees may participate! By: Aimee “Ashlanne” Rekoske Every year at SOE Live we offer a schedule full of panels featuring the games you love to play, games you can’t wait to play, and other burning topics any SOE Gamer would find interesting. The schedule always includes activities like Live Quests and Tournaments. Brand new this year: International attendees may participate in our Live Quests and Tournaments! Detailed rules and...
From the official forums: GENERAL Fixed a bug where you would not get credit for the High Keep guildhall if you were grouped with a merc, or players who are not in your guild, when you claimed the items. Fixed a bug where you could not use PayPal to purchase Station Cash.